Weather notice: Gauteng expected to experience heavy rain on 5 November
GAUTENG – The probability of the rain is 60 per cent and may cause localised flooding, hail of damaging nature and strong, damaging winds.
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The South African Weather Services has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with the potential for localised flooding and strong winds for 5 November.
The flooding can occur over Gauteng, the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the North West and the extreme north-western parts of the Free State.
⚠️Yellow Thunderstorm Warning for Gauteng, southern and eastern Free State, western and southern KZN, eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, Highveld of Mpumalanga on Thursday PM (05 November 2020)
⛈Impacts:
Hail of damaging nature
Strong to Damaging winds
Localized flooding— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) November 4, 2020
⚠️ ALERT: The SA Weather Service has issued a warning for the POSSIBILITY of SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS!
📅WHEN: Thursday, 5/11/20
📍AREA: All of Gauteng
🔴POTENTIAL RISKS:
•Heavy rain
•Localised flooding
•Damaging winds📈LIKELIHOOD: High
💥IMPACT: Minor
💯RAIN PROBABILITY: 60%— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) November 4, 2020